General Architecture Knowledge

Question 1

The NZIA is responsible for

a) Providing support to architects in practice
b) The registration of Architects
c) Disciplining Architects
d) Setting up the NZ Registered Architects Board

Answer 1

a) Providing support to architects in practice

Question 1

A Quantity Surveyor: (1 mark)

a) Can provide site legal information
b) Can provide site levels
c) Can provide site sub-soil information
d) Can provide a schedule to assist contractors to cost a project

Answer 1

d) Can provide a schedule to assist contractors to cost a project

Question 2

The titles of ‘Architect’ and ‘Registered Architect’ are protected under
what legislation?
(1 mark)

a) The Architects Act 2005
b) The Registered Architects Act 2005
c) The Registered Architects’ Rules 2006
d) The Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects

Answer 2

b) The Registered Architects Act 2005

Question 3

‘General’ is a term that refers to: (1 mark)

a) General costs for all of the project costs
b) All the project establishment costs that are not actual building costs
c) General time frames for the project
d) The Contractor’s profit margin

Answer 3

b) All the project establishment costs that are not actual building costs

Question 4

Where a project’s duration and extent of work is known in advance, the
client is likely to accept the Architect’s fee charging methodology as:
(1 mark)

a) A time charge fee
b) A lump sum fee with additional works as a percentage fee
c) A percentage fee with additional works as a lump sum fee
d) A percentage or lump sum fee with additional works as a time charge fee

Answer 4

d) A percentage or lump sum fee with additional works as a time charge fee

Question 5

Where is it specifically written that an Architect must have their terms of
appointment recorded in writing, agreed to, and a formal instruction to
proceed issued by the client?
(1 mark)

a) In the Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects
b) On the NZIA website
c) On the NZIA website and in the Registered Architects Act
d) In the Registered Architects’ Act

Answer 5

a) In the Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects

Question 6

A separate Contractor is engaged and paid for by: (1 mark)

a) The Principal
b) The Architect
c) The Contractor
d) The Quantity Surveyor

Answer 6

a) The Principal

Question 7

To successfully manage an architectural practice, which of the following
management skills are necessary?

(1 mark)
a) Practice and financial management skills
b) Project, human resources and practice management skills
c) Project, human resources, financial and practice management skills
d) Practice, human resources and financial management skills

Answer 7

c) Project, human resources, financial and practice management skills

Question 8

Which of the following are the most common typologies available today
for New Zealand Architects to structure their architectural practices?
(1 mark)

a) Partnerships and companies
b) Sole practitioners and limited liability companies
c) Sole practitioners and companies
d) Sole practitioners, limited liability companies and partnerships

Answer 8

b) Sole practitioners and limited liability companies

Question 9

The most common role that a Project Manager undertakes is as: (1 mark)

a) The Client’s representative
b) The Architect’s representative
c) The project administrator
d) The project administrator as well as the Client’s representative

Answer 9

c) The project administrator

Question 10

Clearly defined development activity groups with respect to planning
requirements can be found:

(1 mark)
a) In the Auckland Unitary Plan
b) In the Building Act
c) Schedule one of the Building Act
d) In the Auckland District plan

Answer 10

a) In the Auckland Unitary Plan

Question 11

Which organisation is responsible for the disciplining of Architects? (1 mark)

a) MBIE - the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
b) NZIA - the New Zealand Institute of Architects
c) NZRAB - the New Zealand Registered Architects Board
d) NZIA and NZRAB

Answer 11

c) NZRAB - the New Zealand Registered Architects Board

Question 12

PI (Professional Indemnity Insurance): (1 mark)

a) Is held by the Contractor, as required under NZIA SCC
b) Is held by the Client, as required by the NZIA AAS
c) Is held by the Architect, as required by the NZRAB
d) Is held by the Architect, as required by the NZRAB and required of the
Contractor if they are undertaking any design work

Answer 12

d) Is held by the Architect, as required by the NZRAB and required of the
Contractor if they are undertaking any design wor

Question 13

The standard position in New Zealand for copyright ownership of the
Architect’s drawings is:

(1 mark)
a) The Client holds the copyright irrespective of payment
b) The Client holds the copyright once they have paid the Architect
c) The Architect always holds the copyright
d) The Architect and the Client hold joint copyright

Answer 13

a) The Client holds the copyright irrespective of payment

Question 14

If required, the disciplining of Architects is carried out by: (1 mark)
a) MBIE – the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
b) NZRAB – the NZ Registered Architects Board
c) NZIA – the NZ Institute of Architects
d) NZIA and NZRAB

Answer 14

b) NZRAB – the NZ Registered Architects Board

Question 15

Where is it written explicitly that “A Registered Architect must observe the
confidentiality of the client’s affairs and must not disclose confidential
information without the prior consent of the client.”:
(1 mark)
a) The NZIA Agreement for Architects Services
b) The NZRAB Agreement for Architects Services
c) The NZIA Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Registered
Architects
d) The NZRAB Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for
Registered Architects

Answer 15

d) The NZRAB Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for
Registered Architects

Question 16

The primary responsibility of the NZRAB is: (1 mark)

a) Writing the Architects’ Act
b) The registration of Architects and writing of the Architects’ Act
c) The registration of Architects and maintaining a register of NZ Architects
d) Providing support documents to Architects

Answer 16

c) The registration of Architects and maintaining a register of NZ Architects

Question 17

What New Zealand legislation protects the titles of ‘Architect’ and
‘Registered Architect’?

(1 mark)
a) The Architects Act 2005
b) The Registered Architects Act 2005
c) The Registered Architects’ Rules 2006
d) The Registered Architects Act 2006

Answer 17

b) The Registered Architects Act 2005

Question 18

The organisation NZCIC; (1 mark)
a) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces typical project
costs/m2

b) Is the NZ Costing Information Centre and produces typical project
costs/m2
c) Is the NZ Commercial Investment Council and produces the NZ Design
Guidelines and typical project costs/m2
d) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces the NZ Design
Guidelines

Answer 18

d) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces the NZ Design
Guidelines

Question 19

Where is it written explicitly that an Architect must have their terms of
appointment recorded in writing, agreed to, and a formal instruction to
proceed issued by the Client?

(1 mark)
a) In the Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects
b) On the NZIA website
c) On the NZIA website and in the Registered Architects Act
d) In the Registered Architects’ A

Answer 19

a) In the Code of Minimum Standards of Ethical Conduct for Architects

Question 20

To register as an architect in New Zealand, an applicant needs to have
completed which of the following as a minimum:
(1 mark)
a) Be competent across all the experience areas
b) Be competent across all the experience areas and hold a recognised
qualification such as MArch (Prof) degree
c) Be competent across all the experience areas and hold a recognised
qualification such as MArch (Prof) degree and have completed 480
hours minimum practical experience
d) Be competent across all the experience areas and hold a recognised
qualification such as MArch (Prof) deg

Answer 20

d) Be competent across all the experience areas and hold a recognised
qualification such as MArch (Prof) deg

Question 21

Where would one look to find the most up to date Development Controls
for Auckland?
(1 mark)
a) The Building Act
b) The District Plan
c) The Auckland Unitary Plan
d) The Resource Management Act

Answer 21

c) The Auckland Unitary Plan

Question 22

A Topographical Surveyor: (1 mark)
a) provides legal information of the land
b) provides levels of the site
c) provides sub-soil information
d) provides Schedules of Quantities

Answer 22

c) provides sub-soil information

Question 23

The ‘Architect’ named within the NZIA SCC document: (1 mark)
a) Is automatically the Architect’s representative
b) Is a director of the Architectural practice
c) Is automatically the Project Architect for the job
d) Is the name of the architectural practice

Answer 23

d) Is the name of the architectural practice

Question 24

The most accurate estimates for building costs at the Developed Design
stage of a project are produced by:
(1 mark)
a) The Quantity Surveyor
b) The Cadastral Surveyor
c) The Architect
d) The Contractor

Answer 24

a) The Quantity Surveyor

Question 25

P and G means: (1 mark)
a) The profit and general that the principal pays for the project
b) The profit and general that the contractor pays for the project
c) The preliminaries and general that the contractor pays for the project
d) The preliminaries and general that the principal pays for the project

Answer 25

c) The preliminaries and general that the contractor pays for the project

Question 26

Which of the following consultants are most usually employed as
separate consultants as opposed to sub-consultants?
(1 mark)
a) The Architect
b) The Architect and the Quantity Surveyor
c) The Architectct, Quantity Surveyor and the contractor
d) The Quantity Surveyor

Answer 26

b) The Architect and the Quantity Surveyor

Question 26

Who usually employs the sub-contractors on a project? (1 mark)
a) The Contractor
b) The Client
c) The Project Manager
d) The Architect

Answer 26

a) The Contractor

Question 27

Which of the following statements relating to the charging of fees is the
most correct?
(1 mark)
a) Time charges are used where required services are of an unknown
extent and duration
b) Lump sum fees are used where services are of an unknown extent and
duration
c) Time charge fees are used where services are of a known extent and
duration
d) Percentage fees are used where the client is a developer

Answer 27

a) Time charges are used where required services are of an unknown

Question 28

Who most commonly administers architectural projects on site under the
NZIA SCC contract?
(1 mark)
a) The Project Manager
b) The Architect
c) The Project Manager or the Architect
d) The Client’s Representative

Answer 28

b) The Architect

Question 29

Which of the following statements is the most comprehensive and true
statement relating to the costing of projects?
(1 mark)
a) An elemental cost estimate can be used by architects in the detailed
design stage of a project and commonly contains about 35 costed
elements
b) An elemental cost estimate can be used by quantity surveyors in the
detailed design stage of a project and commonly contains about 4-5
costed elements
c) An elemental cost estimate can be used by architects in the developed
design stage of a project and commonly contains about 12-13 costed
elements
d) An elemenatal cost estimate can be used by quantity surveyors in the
developed design stage of a project and commonly contains about 200
costed elements

Answer 29

d) An elemenatal cost estimate can be used by quantity surveyors in the
developed design stage of a project and commonly contains about 200
costed elements

Question 30

To successfully manage an architectural practice of 3-10 persons, which
of the following management skills are necessary?
(1 mark)
a) Project and financial management skills
b) Project, practice and human resources management skills
c) Project, financial and human resources management skills
d) Project, practice, financial and human resources management skills

Answer 30

d) Project, practice, financial and human resources management skills

Question 31

The organisation NZCIC; (1 mark)
a) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces typical project
costs/m2
b) Is the NZ Costing Information Centre and produces typical project
costs/m2
c) Is the NZ Commercial Investment Council and produces the NZ Design
Guidelines and typical project costs/m2
d) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces the NZ Design
Guidelines

Answer 31

d) Is the NZ Construction Industry Council and produces the NZ Design
Guidelines

Question 32

The Maori concept of Kaitiakitanga is best described as: (1 mark)
a) Referring to the life essence or life force of the land
b) Has the same meaning as Sovereignty as used in The Treaty of
Waitangi
c) The exercise of guardianship and the ethic of stewardship of the land by
means of responsibilities and obligations passed down from ancestors
d) Refers to the Mauri of the land

Answer 32

c) The exercise of guardianship and the ethic of stewardship of the land by
means of responsibilities and obligations passed down from ancestors